A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.